Cavernous sinus and leptomeningeal metastases arising from a squamous cell carcinoma of the face: case report.

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Invasion of trigeminal and facial perineural spaces is a recognized complication of cutaneous malignancies. Centripetal spread along the trigeminal nerve axis and into the cavernous sinus and the gasserian ganglion is rare. Metastasis to the leptomeninges and cauda equina has not been reported. We report a unique case of perineural spread and central dissemination from an epithelial squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) associated with a tumor biomarker.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Neurosurgery

Title: Neurosurgery

ISSN: 0148-396X

ISSN (Print): 0148-396X

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2004

Volume: 54

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Division of Neurology, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 736 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02135, USA.

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PubMed ID: 14744296

SO-VID: da96bcec-1244-4827-98d5-c3701164c1b1

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